arcs and crafts: Floor-to-Ceiling Garland

In order to cover up a pegboard wall and make it a bit prettier, I hit my favorite home décor store: arc Thrift. I looked through the selection of curtains and fabric, but ended up settling on some vintage sheets to help me make my floor-to-ceiling garland of fabric strips. I found some great prints of all sizes that were only a few dollars each. I bought five different patterns total for my project.

I started by cutting my sheets into sections. I cut about 1.5-2” apart, just snipping the top of the sheets.

With my sections marked, I was able to begin the fun part: ripping them into shreds! I ripped from the top of the sheet to the bottom and then attempted to pull off any hanging threads from the strip.

I ripped one entire sheet into strips…

and then another…and another…until I had a giant pile of different patterned fabric strips.

Once I had a huge pile, I selected one strip to be my main piece of “string” that would go across the top of the garland and would have all of the other strips tied to it.

Then the knot tying began!

And just like the ripping, I tied knot after knot after knot until the garland was full and the row of knots along the top piece were one next to the other with no space in between.

I made sure to space out the different colors and patters to get a variety as it filled up.

It turned out so colorful and full, and covers up the pegboard beautifully.

The best part, besides the appearance, is that the pegboard is still usable. Because the fabric is in strips it’s very easy to hang things from hooks on the pegboard and have them show through and in front of the fabric.

The project cost around $15 and turned out beautifully. Just a typical project from arc 🙂